How do I fix the ImportError: cannot import name 'delayed'?

Ghada 31

I am using the LORAS package from pyloras for imbalanced learning, but it requires importing the delayed package. I used the pip.main() to install the delayed package and from delayed.delay imported delayed. However, I am still getting the following error: ImportError: cannot import name 'delayed'. I appreciate your help and suggestions.

romungi-MSFT 46,476 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-10-03T08:54:45.907+00:00

@Ghada Have you tried to create a custom environment by adding the required dependency in the conda file while creating the environment?
Ghada 31 Reputation points

2022-10-06T20:35:02.197+00:00

Thank you! I have created a Custom environment where I used a new docker to install delayed, as well as conda dependencies. But unfortunately, I am receiving the same error.

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/azureml/openmpi3.1.2-cuda10.2-cudnn8-ubuntu18.04
RUN pip install azureml-mlflow
RUN pip install delayed
RUN conda install -c conda-forge imbalanced-learn

Also, I installed the delayed package from github, but to no success. I am still getting the same error.
romungi-MSFT 46,476 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-10-07T11:33:16.41+00:00

@Ghada I am curious to check if you were originally using the Azure ML notebooks to run an experiment? In that case, you will have to run !pip install delayed and then import delayed.
Ghada 31 Reputation points

2022-10-07T23:55:48.447+00:00

Actually, I am using Azure ML Designer. I used the terminal to install the delayed package, but the execute python script doesn't see the installed package. If I installed all the dependencies using a custom environment, do I need to import it in the designer's python execute script? If so, how do I go about that.
Ghada 31 Reputation points

2022-10-09T18:45:24.413+00:00

I switched to notebook and was able to install the dependencies and execute the code with no issue. Thank you foryour help.

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romungi-MSFT 46,476 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-10-10T05:07:54.997+00:00

You cannot import a custom environment in execute python script. You can install some packages with execute python script, but it has limitations on packages that can be installed depending on the number of dependencies of the package. Glad you can use the notebook and work on your experiments now.

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